Cornell Cooperative Extension

Essex County
Striped cucumber beetle Acalymma vittatum (Fabricius, 1775) from Bugwood.org
Image by David Cappaert, MSU, Bugwood.org

Striped Cucumber Beetle.

Adult ringlegged earwig Euborellia annulipes Genus: Euborellia Family: Anisolabididae Order: Dermaptera Class: Hexapoda (including Insecta)
Image by Kansas Department of Agriculture Archive, Bugwood.org

Adult Ringed Earwig.

Pests & IPM

Diagnostic Services

Plant, insect and disease identification and diagnostic services are offered at CCE-Essex; a charge may apply; please call our office for details. If necessary, samples can be sent to Cornell University for identification, at a charge of $25/sample. For more information about submitting a sample, visit: The Cornell University Diagnostic Laboratory.

Last updated December 4, 2025

Pests & IPM

​ Insect Diagnostic Lab

U.S. postage stamps of spiders and insects, used on the Cornell Insect Diagnostic Lab website; 200px wide to use as an image for a sidebar link to their site at: http://entomology.cornell.edu/IDL

For more information about an insect, or how to deal with an insect problem in or around your home or garden, contact the Insect Diagnostic Lab, a program of Cornell Cooperative Extension in the Department of Entomology. For a $25 fee, an insect or related arthropod can be shipped to the lab, or a detailed photo can be emailed, for expert identification. Diagnostician Jason Dombroskie, Ph.D. has many years of experience identifying insects and other arthropods. More information about this service, including fact sheets on common outdoor and indoor insects, can be found at http://idl.entomology.cornell.edu/

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